Is there away to switch back to the standalone emulator in Android Studio/Intellij Idea?

Question

Problem: I cannot find a way to switch the emulator for testing an Android app back to a standalone?

I've been using the standalone versions of emulator devices for a year or so. I switched to the internal emulator and have nothing but problems, very unstable. I haven't been able to find how to switch back to standalone.

What I have done" I've tried searching this forum and elsewhere but didn't really find anything pertaining to switching back, only how to make them work internally to the IDE. I'm sure I may be missing something simple, I just haven't found it.

Answer 1

What you describe seems like Android Studio IDE Emulator Tool Window feature:

Which is documented at https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator#run-emulator-studio

You should be able to disable/toggle the feature in Android Studio IDE menus from Preferences/Settings -> Tool menu -> Emulator panel.